Lawson Regions Bear Market With Trout Feeding Tale
Boston financier Thomas W. Lawson faced a bear during a day of trout fishing near Prineville Oregon. Stranded on a log over Wawawai Creek he fed the bear five hundred trout before help arrived with his friend Thomas Sharp. He survived the encounter and quipped about a frenzied financier on the log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston Financial Litterateur
Wawawai Creek
Prineville
Portland
Ore
Lawson
Thomas Sharp
Mr. Lawson
Mr. Bear
Hen Lights Matches Learn Trick From Pet Rooster
A Glenville man John Grohan owns a white Leghorn hen that carries his tobacco and pipe to him. The bird scratches a lit match across the floor so Grohan can light his pipe. He plans to teach the hen to put out the match as well.
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John Grohan
Glenville
Tarrytown
N. Y
New York Herald
Grohan
Swift kick prescription leads to courtroom clash
Rudolph Hruska of the Bronx sought a prescription from Dr Maurice A Sturm at the Hotel Ansonia. After the doctor demanded $2 for the prescription Hruska was summoned to West Side court where Magistrate Corrigan discharged Sturm finding Hruska had no right to leave without paying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice A. Sturm
Ansonia
New York World
Dr. Sturm
Sturm
M. D
Rudolph Hruska
Martha Avenue
Bronx
Hruska
West Side Court
Corrigan
Wet Wire Shocks Cats With Back Fence Method
St Louis city electrician Charles M Brown of 1313 Lake Ave says he used a hose at 1 AM Friday to repel cats that gathered on his fence and plans an electric lighting wire along the fence to shock any returning cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Charles M. Brown
Lake Avenue
St. Louis
Brown
City
Woman in men's clothes and alleged Chicago killing held in St Louis
Hazel Williams 21 says she fled Detroit with husband Edward Williams a chauffeur. She traveled two weeks by freight train wearing male clothes to cross the Mississippi at Eads bridge and insists she shot a man in Chicago. Police await verification before court on masquerading in men’s attire.
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Hazel Williams
Detroit
Mich
Edward Williams
Eads Bridge
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Police of
Chicago
Allender
Priests Use Canes to Curb Park Rowdies in NYC
A group of priests from the Church of the Annunciation and Aloysius church along with lay scouts patrol St Nicholas Park at night armed with electric torches and canes. They confront gamblers and rowdies, delivering instant punishment when disorder arises, supplementing police efforts with self appointed patrols after dark.
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Church of the Annunciation
Convent Avenue
West One Hundred and Thirty-first Street
S&j. Aloysius’ Church
West One Hundred and Thirty-second Street
Seventh Avenue
Gaynor
New York World
St. Nicholas Park
Reconciliation Ordered After Alimony Suit in Hamilton
Judge Murphy sent Alfred and Kathryn Redmond home to reconcile after Kathryn sued for alimony. Mrs Redmond testified of a strike to her back at the ice box while the couple claimed grocery income of around 40 dollars a week with the wife investing 15 dollars.
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Hamilton
Alfred Redmond
Kathryn
Murphy
Ohio
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W. H. Patton
Kansas
Fowlerton
Spencer Lumber Company
San Antonio
W. L. Reynolds
Kentucky
Texas
Frost Ridg
B. D. Hatcher
Fowler Bros.’ Land Co
Frost Bldg
Brain
F. Groos & Co
Bankers
THE
P. J. Owens Lumber CO
Flores Street
Mitchell Street
Col. Roosevelt Ave
Blanche Scott
Scott
Rochester
America
Mineola
Long Island
Westbury
Man
Farlton
Slim John
Sagebrush
Sam
John
New Noks
Shanghai
Bart
Buner
Manhattan
Earl & Wilson
Alfred
Littell
N. 2Nd Street
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